SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA vs. ABRAHAM KWAKU ADUSEI, JACOB ASIRIFI SNR, ENOCH OFORI, SETH DWUMFOUR AND DANIEL MENSAH REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA [2020]DLCA8596

SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA vs. ABRAHAM KWAKU ADUSEI, JACOB ASIRIFI SNR, ENOCH OFORI... [2020]DLCA8596

Date	2020-01-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H3/526/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8596

P.K. GYAESAYOR J.A. – PRESIDING

G.S. SUURBAAREH J.A.

N.C.A AGBEVOR J.A.

YAW OPPONG WITH DAVID BROWN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

KOFI ADDO FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2020]DLCA8596
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>ABRAHAM KWAKU ADUSEI, JACOB ASIRIFI SNR, ENOCH OFORI, SETH
DWUMFOUR AND DANIEL MENSAH REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF SAVIOUR CHURCH OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO:&nbsp;
H3/526/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 23RD &nbsp;JAN, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>YAW OPPONG WITH DAVID BROWN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KOFI ADDO FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p>

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P.K. GYAESAYOR J.A. –
PRESIDING, G.S. SUURBAAREH J.A., N.C.A AGBEVOR J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AGBEVOR, J.A.<o:p></o:p>The instant appeal by the Defendant/Appellants is against
the judgment of the High Court dated the 7th day of November, 2018
dismissing the case of the Defendant/Appellants.&nbsp; Being dissatisfied with the said judgment,
the Defendant/Appellants filed this notice of appeal which appears on pages 474
- 476 of the Record of Appeal as:-<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment is against the
weight of the evidence on record<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned judge erred when
he entered judgment in favour of the plaintiff/respondent despite the clear and
more compelling evidence led by the defendants/appellants.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge
erred when he totally ignored the import and ratio in the judgment of Gbadegbe
JA (as he then was) in Suit No. FTHR 13/2001 (Exhibit 5) which was affirmed by
the Court of Appeal in Civil Appeal No. H1/30/2004 (Exhibit 6) and went ahead
to hold that the “plaintiff is the only legal entity by that name which is
permitted by law to run churches and do spiritual activities”.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial judge also
erred when in spite of the ruling of Asiedu J in which he convicted and
punished the plaintiff’s directors for contempt for the unlawful registration
of the plaintiffs in (Suit No. AP 116/2009 (Exhibit 7) he gave judgment to
plaintiff on a claim based on such unlawful registration.<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That in the face of the
judgments of the Superior Courts in Exhibits 5, 6 and 7, the learned trial
judge was palpably wrong and misdirected himself in granting the reliefs
claimed by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></main>